Out-of-town #8 (wheels down )

Air Force One was wheels down at 1:45 pm in Corpus Christi. We are on the Qatari -gifted red, blue and white plane.

POTUS confirmed before boarding the flight that he would be visiting a Venezuelan oil tanker in Corpus Christi.

On background from a White House official, traveling with POTUS today are:

Susie Wiles
Sen. Ted Cruz
Rep. Ronny Jackson
Dan Scavino
Stephen Miller
Sec. Marco Rubio
Sec. Howard Lutnick
Steve Witkoff
Andrew Hughes
Walker Barrett
Will Scharf
Ross Worthington
Chris Ambrosini
Matt Brassesux
James Blair
Danielle Alvarez
Natalie Harp
Margo Martin
Michael Hopkins
James O’Brien
Johnny Manziel
Danny Amendola

Cheers,
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy
White House correspondent
USA TODAY